THIS is why they included “Ask Not to Track”. It really had no teeth and counted on the developer being truthful, BUT it created a reasonable expectation of privacy that can be used in cases like this.
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Meta Sued Over Tracking iPhone Users Despite Apple's Privacy Features
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Same. I ditched Facebook after they helped a red state incriminate a teenage girl who got an abortion, using her Messenger texts as evidence. Evil, insidious corporation.
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That’s great news! It’s 2022 and no one should be using Facebook.
Apple should just ban Meta from the App Store. Facebook, Instagram.. all of it. Give them the Epic treatment.
I realise the article pertains to in-App and iPhone mainly. What I fail to understand however is how Safari (15.6.1) on my MBP always shows "webpage did not contact any trackers" with FB specifically. It certainly does with other sites, MR inclusive. I had many extensions on FF to curtail this but often end up using Safari due to HW limitations eating resources to a lesser degree.
So who‘s participating in the class action lawsuit to get their 50 cents??
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I would like to see Meta go out of business. They are evil and can’t be trusted.
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Instagram and Facebook force you to disable Private Relay when logging in via Safari web browser. A truly evil company.
META shares will tank further now. Its already at its 52 weeks low.
The entire company needs to be brought down. It's sad that this is the path social media has taken. Neither me, nor my family can use it without fear of being tracked and having our data stored and sold.
I would act like him in a stinky country like the US where Nancy Pelosi and all other corrupt policitians, bankers and hedge funds are not punished. You created this money worshipping system, there is no ethics or humanity, it's gross.
Aah didn’t know that. That sucks. I just never open any links on those filthy apps anyway 😁
That’s a setting that should be mandatory then.
People, does any of you look at Zuck's face? I mean even in that photo, it doesn't look like human. When I looked at it, I felt that uncanny valley. anybody else felt the same?
Thankfully I’m no longer a Meta user, however I was amazed by how far they’ve permeated the messaging business in the country I most recently moved to, UAE. Everyone uses WhatsApp here, for everything including business!
I’ll be watching for a similar story about WhatsApp.., and then the other shoe.
I’ll be watching for a similar story about WhatsApp.., and then the other shoe.
MacRumors uses 3rd party trackers. Face***k presumably has no need for 3rd party trackers on their own site.
Just stop using social media. I did in 2014. It is garbage and not good for mental health.
Social media sites = garbage. One of their main purposes is to spy on user behavior, collect as much data as possible on them, and keep profiles of everyone who participates. It's not just Facebook who does it, so no reason to pile everything just on them, while letting everyone else off the hook. TikTok is another great example, which rots (not literally) people's brains.
A lot of today's problems in the world exist because people can't stop themselves from using social media sites 24/7.
A lot of today's problems in the world exist because people can't stop themselves from using social media sites 24/7.
So, if I am reading that section right, if I go to the instagram page of a gaming company and click on one of their links that takes me to their own website which requires me to enter in a username and password, Meta is recording my keystrokes and grabbing my username and password for that site? If this is true then Meta is breaking numerous data protection and privacy laws. Meta Pixel must be acting as a keylogger then if it's recording keystrokes and reporting those keystrokes back to Meta. This goes well beyond breaking Apples T&C's, this is Meta breaking the law.
“When a user clicks on a link on Instagram, for example, Meta can monitor their interactions, text selections, and even text input, such as passwords and private credit card details within that website.”
I hadn’t heard about this one. If this is true how can Apple allow these apps to remain on the App Store?
I hadn’t heard about this one. If this is true how can Apple allow these apps to remain on the App Store?